Maybe time is ripe for Chinese to accept “Malays aren’t racists but merely a frustrated, fed-up lot”

 

Editor’s Note: Amid DAP loyalist Tony Pua having been summoned for questioning after “more than 80 police reports (so far)” have been filed against him over his outrageous “constitutional monarch bears limited power” incitement, perhaps it’s high time for the Chinese to take a step back by not pushing their luck too far.

Such is the wisdom advocated by digital creator Adrian Lim Chee En who claimed to be inspired by “DAP’s Tiger of Jelutong” the late Karpal Singh to take up law.

 

THE Malays aren’t racist when they vehemently oppose the recognition of UEC (Unified Examination Certificate exam), oppose uncontrolled pig farming or insist the Chinese Indians read-speak-write proper Bahasa Melayu.

Such is the take of socio-political activist Adrian Lim Chee En who felt that the Malays have actually reached a boiling point yet “many Chinese still refuse to acknowledge such reality due to pride, ego and ignorance”.

“Pride and ego means that these Chinese feel that more money equals smarter, hence the Malays who have less money than the Chinese must be either stupid or lazy,” the commentator known for his progressive advocacy penned in a Facebook post which has since garnered 27K likes, 4.6K comments and 8.4K shares at the time of writing.

Ignorance means that these Chinese do not have any friends beyond the Chinese circle.

The only time these Chinese actually speak Malay or talk to a Malay is when they talk to the Nepali guard at the condominium or the Grab driver or the police officer at the roadblock or the officer at a government office. Yup. That’s about it.

‘Chinese are outnumbered’

Against such backdrop, Lim contended that the patience of Malay folks has been tested to the max or taken for granted for a very long time.

“But patience doesn’t mean ignorance,” warned the former student activist and founder of the coalition Mahasiswa Ganyang Akta Hasutan (a student movement advocating for the repeal of the Sedition Act 1948).

When a small group of “Chinese fighters” try to push for UEC, protest against the closure of uncontrolled pig farming, insist that Chinese and English are more important than Bahasa Melayu, you think the Malays aren’t aware?

The Malays are very fully aware but sometimes choose to be patient for the sake of peace, harmony and stability.

But patience has its limits and when such limits are pushed too far, “it breaks and chaos ensue”, according to Lim.

This led to the digital creator reminding his brethren that with the Malaysian Chinese population currently standing at less than 30%, “the supermajority are the Malays”.

‘Malays aren’t racists’

So when a small group of people decided to be “Chinese fighters”, I don’t think that’s wisdom. It’s plain stupidity.

Even if these “Chinese fighters” succeed in convincing the entire 30% Chinese in the country to support a particular agenda, this particular agenda will never materialise.

Because for every reaction, there’s a counter-reaction. It’s only a matter of time before the other 70% comes back at the 30% Chinese. What we’re seeing in West Malaysia today is exactly the counter-reaction by the 70%.

To prove his point, the former Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) intern turned to the recent tragic accident in Kuala Terengganu which snatched the life of 18-year-old brilliant SPM holder Wah Han Keong.

On the same note, I just read a news of a Malay man driving recklessly, resulting in the death of an 18-year-old Chinese student awaiting a chance to enter university.

I didn’t see a single Malay supporting the reckless Malay driver, neither did I see any Malays ignoring or laughing at the Chinese family.

In fact, the very people who confronted the reckless driver were Malays.

So I don’t believe the Malays are racists or hate the Chinese. They’re just frustrated and fed up seeing the Chinese refusing to integrate/assimilate. –  Focus Malaysia